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Dogging in Wales
From Jersey Marine and the Gower to the Valleys, the Brecon Beacons, Llanddulas beach and Anglesey, the best-known dogging spots in Wales, with a map for each.
Wales is a land of rugged beauty, from the beaches of Gower and the Brecon Beacons to the mountains of Snowdonia, and it is also home to some of the best dogging spots in the UK. Beaches, forest car parks, mountain-top viewpoints and lakeside picnic areas, with miles of empty countryside in between.
It is a big country, so we have split it into seven areas, from Cardiff and the Valleys up to Anglesey. You get a map for every spot, and a what3words address where you have to walk in. Lots of them are busy with walkers and families in the daytime, so we have said when each one tends to get going. Things change over the years, so think of every spot as a place to start.
Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
Around the capital the spots are forest car parks on the hills to the north, lakes and country parks on the edge of the city, and quiet coastal car parks out towards Penarth and Barry.
Fforest Fawr car park, Tongwynlais
The forestry car park about half a mile up the road from Castell Coch, the fairytale castle above Tongwynlais. A favourite for years: daytimes are mostly gay men, with couples in cars and in the woods, and the trails head off through the trees in every direction. The castle may look like something out of Disney, but the goings-on in the woods are strictly adults only.
Caerphilly Mountain
Head down the hill from the mountain snack bar towards Caerphilly, and about 500 metres along on the right is a lay-by with a path into the woods, where plenty of walkers are looking for like-minded fun. Either wait in the car for someone to pull in, or take a stroll.
Rumney lake, Parc Tredelerch
The car park by the lake off Lamby Way, near the tip roundabout, with picnic tables and plenty of space, and busiest at weekends after dark.
Cardiff Barrage car park
The car park out on the barrage, where couples like to play car to car and the voyeurs come to watch, with the lights of the bay in the background.
Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, Penarth
The big country park car park outside Penarth, with lakes and woods all round. Families love it by day, so it is one for after dark.
Lavernock, near Fort Road
The car park near the bottom of Fort Road, before the church. Very quiet, with occasional dogging, and the regulars are always asking for more couples.
Hayes Road, Sully
The car park at the back of the council depot, by the slipway and looking out over the beach. Well away from public view, with good undergrowth for the outdoor types, and couples in cars will sometimes let you join in.
The Knap, Barry
The car park at the Knap, on the seafront at Barry, with good dogging action to be enjoyed most nights.
Swansea, Gower and Neath Port Talbot
West of Cardiff the spots are mostly by the sea: dunes, beach car parks and the vast car park at Jersey Marine, with a few woodland and waterfall car parks inland.
Jersey Marine
One of the best-known spots in Wales, by the old Jersey Marine tower near the River Neath. Day-trippers have it in the daytime, when the action is out on Crymlyn Burrows, but once they go home the car park fills up with doggers, from dark until 2 or 3 in the morning. Everything on the menu, from couples who like to be watched to big groups: there have been reports of nights where 12 to 16 people gathered around to watch a couple in their car. The tower itself stands tall over it all, like a beacon for doggers all around.
Sketty Lane car park and the dunes, Swansea
The car park on Sketty Lane, opposite Singleton, then a walk through the sand dunes onto the beach, great on hot summer nights.
Caswell Bay car park, Gower
Drive right to the back of the car park in the evenings.
Three Cliffs Bay, Gower
The car park for one of the most beautiful bays in Wales, and, according to one regular, one of the best dogging spots in the country. Very busy in the summer, with the dunes and the walk down to the bay to explore.
Aberavon dunes
A large car park opposite the Naval Club, quite dark at night, with easy access into the dunes and plenty of hideaways.
Kenfig Nature Reserve, near Porthcawl
The car park for the Kenfig Pool nature reserve, off junction 37 of the M4, with dunes and reedbeds all round. Part of the car park has been secured, so take a look before you settle in.
Melincourt waterfall car park, Resolven
The car park for Melincourt Falls, with few streetlights and trees all round. Not the busiest, but used regularly.
Bridgend and the Valleys
Up in the Valleys the best spots are mountain car parks and viewpoints, where you can see headlights coming for miles, plus a forest car park near Llantrisant and an industrial estate in Bridgend.
Brynmenyn Industrial Estate, Bridgend
Dark after hours, with plenty of couples looking for fun behind the units. Wait at the entrance and flash your lights; if someone at the back flashes back, drive round.
Smilog woods, Llantrisant
The forestry car park in the Llantrisant forest, off the Coedely roundabout. One of our regular members swears you can't fail here, morning, afternoon or evening, so it is worth saying hello and seeing how people respond.
Rhigos Mountain
Head up the Rhigos from the Aberdare side to the viewpoint car park at the top, with views right across the Valleys, and the lay-bys further along the mountain road.
Bwllfa Dare, Cwmdare
Head up into Cwmdare and follow the road to the very end, to the car park at the top of the Dare Valley Country Park.
Llanwonno mountain car park
The car park and picnic area on the mountain road between Mountain Ash and Ferndale, just before the pub and the church, with mostly gay fun after dark until late.
The Bwlch, above Treorchy
The picnic area and car park on the Bwlch mountain road above Treorchy, high up with views down the Rhondda.
Newport, Monmouthshire and Torfaen
In the south-east the spots are forests and picnic areas off the A40 and A48, mountain car parks above Blaenavon, and country parks and fishing ponds around Newport and Pontypool.
Wentwood Forest
The car parks and picnic areas in Wentwood Forest, with action most nights. Forestry wardens sometimes try to discourage dogging, so be discreet.
A40 picnic area before the Monmouth tunnels
The lay-by and picnic area on the A40 just before the tunnels into Monmouth, with 24-hour toilets and action every night from 9 until late. The regulars could do with some more single women.
Beacon View car park, Trellech
A large car park in the woods near Trellech and Penallt, with lots of space and paths into the trees.
A465 lay-bys past Pandy
Heading from Abergavenny towards Hereford, just past Pandy, there are a few lay-bys on the right with woods beside them, and one in particular quite hidden from the road. The Pandy Caravan and Motorhome Club Campsite nearby also sees some action late at weekends.
Foxhunter car park, the Blorenge
A car park right on top of the mountain above Blaenavon, away from houses, with a good view of anyone coming up the road.
Big Pit car park, Blaenavon
The big car park at the coal museum, with views of every car turning up, and couples watching and taking part most nights. Plenty of people go down the pit in the daytime; at night, the action is above ground.
Goytre Wharf
The canal-side car parks at Goytre Wharf, where the gates are sometimes left open at night.
Pen-y-Fan Pond Country Park
The bottom car park at this small fishing reservoir, surrounded by trees and bushes.
Bettws Lane fishing ponds, Newport
The far end of the car park off the top of Bettws Lane. Flash your interior light to let everyone know you are there for the fun, whether spectating or joining in.
Caldicot Castle Country Park
Mostly bi men, who walk round the castle grounds and make eye contact, then take a seat on a bench and wait to be joined, with plenty of hidden areas.
Mid Wales and the Brecon Beacons
Through the middle of Wales the spots are big, empty and beautiful: the car park at the foot of Pen y Fan, the Elan Valley, reservoirs, and quiet lanes around Brecon and Welshpool.
Pont ar Daf car park, Storey Arms
The main car park at the foot of Pen y Fan, just on the Merthyr side of the Storey Arms. Hikers fill it by day, so it is quieter, and more fun, at night, and you will have climbed nothing more strenuous than the back seat.
The Promenade, Brecon
Go over the bridge into Brecon, take the first left, and follow the signs for the promenade to the car park by the amusements, with something most nights and some mornings.
Elan Valley
Lots of space, car parks and hideaways around the Elan Valley reservoirs and dams, with the visitor centre car park popular at weekends after dark.
Clywedog dam, Llanidloes
Take the Staylittle road out of Llanidloes, and when you reach the reservoir, the bottom car park on the right is the one. Sunday afternoons are best.
Llyn Brianne dam
Drive through Llandovery and follow the signs for the dams: just before the dam there is a car park on the left, with couples, females and single men.
Wern picnic area, Guilsfield
A secluded little car park beside the Montgomery Canal nature reserve, just north of Guilsfield.
Windmill Lane, Welshpool
Turn up Windmill Lane, between Welshpool and Guilsfield, where there is a small lay-by on the left and plenty of places to sneak off to.
Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion
In the west the coast takes over, with miles of beaches, dunes and naturist sands from Pembrey to Ynyslas, and a few forest and picnic car parks inland.
Pembrey Country Park and Cefn Sidan
Take the turning left by the car park before the main gate, follow the road to the end, then walk along the sandy track to the beach and into the dunes. Lots of couples, some happy to be watched and some to let you join, especially down by the rocks.
Kidwelly Quay car park
The river walk car park at the quay in Kidwelly.
Swiss Valley reservoir, Llanelli
Two great car parks for a night's fun, plus a walk around the reservoir for a bit more.
Pendine Sands
The seafront car park at Pendine, a popular, renowned spot for those who like to watch the waves coming, with the army end towards Ginst Point quieter still.
Amroth beach
Between Pendine and Saundersfoot, the long beaches at Amroth and Marros are used by naturists and doggers of all kinds, and at low tide they run into one.
Carew picnic spot
Past the pub and over the bridge, the picnic spot on the left by Carew Castle, with gay, bi and straight dogging.
Canaston Bridge woods
From Haverfordwest on the A40, take the right turn at the Canaston Bridge roundabout, then after about 100 yards right onto the minor road, into the woods.
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Withybush Woods, Haverfordwest
Drive all the way past Withybush airfield and turn right into the woods car park.
Trawscoed woods car park
Drive through Abermagwr and turn right after the bridge: a great area away from traffic and houses.
Ynyslas beach car park, Borth
From Borth towards Ynyslas, turn left across the golf course to the beach car park; the fun is at the bottom end, towards the dunes.
North Wales, Snowdonia and Anglesey
Along the North Wales coast the beach car parks at Llanddulas and Pensarn are the stars, with country parks and mountain car parks inland, Snowdonia's lakes, and Anglesey's beaches and forests.
Llanddulas beach car park
One of the best spots in Wales, with sweeping views of the Irish Sea, no parking fees and public toilets a few metres away. Couples park up in their cars at all hours of the day and night, and the regulars like it so much they keep coming back in the winter, despite the cold. When I'm A Celebrity moved to Gwrych Castle up the hill, the papers pointed out it overlooked the beach, and one insider joked that the castle might be haunted, but the only moans and groans would be coming from the doggers.
Beach House Road, Llanddulas
Less than a mile along the coast from the main car park, just off Beach House Road: a bit smaller, fewer potholes, and also free. Good times!
Pensarn beach car park, Abergele
The stony car park by the beach, to the right, a little quieter in the winter. Mainly couples, who like to keep the watchers to a select few, so be respectful.
Happy Valley, Llandudno
The gardens and car park at the foot of the Great Orme, which live up to their name after dark.
Llyn Geirionydd
A busy little lake in the daytime, but quiet and secluded after dark, when the car park at the south-west corner is the place for more intimate liaisons. Up into the forest from Llanrwst, following the signs for Nant Uchaf.
Coed y Morfa, Prestatyn
A car park with a walk of about a kilometre, past the old tip. Mostly men, with some couples, and quiet enough for some over-the-bonnet action.
Moel Famau car park
The car park at the top, on the road from Loggerheads, below the Jubilee Tower. Most people walk up the mountain from here, but there is plenty going on for those who stay down.
Coed y Fron Wyllt, near Ruthin
A great little car park hidden in the woods just outside the back of Ruthin, at Bontuchel, and a new spot that is starting to get noticed.
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Prince's Wood, Penymynydd
A very rural, peaceful woodland, with lay-bys along Kinnerton Old Road and Old Hope Road either side of it. It went quiet after the villagers complained, but we hear it is getting busier again. Drive along both roads in the evening and look for cars parked up, once the joggers and dog walkers have gone home.
Moss Valley Country Park, Wrexham
Two large car parks by the lakes, off Gatewen Road (follow the brown tourist signs), with lots of 'walks' into the trees.
Minera Lead Mines car park
The country park car park at the old lead mines, with couples and single men after dark on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Flash, Gresford
A quiet lane by the lake, with plenty of fields. As one local put it, if you see cars parked up late at night with steamy windows, they're not there to feed the ducks.
Bonc yr Hafod country park, Johnstown
Turn off the A483 towards Johnstown, down Hafod Road past the old brickworks: good most nights after dark, but no good in the day.
Chirk Marina
The rear car park at the marina, good for couples meeting up, after 8pm.
Dinas Dinlle beach
Through Caernarfon, follow the signs for the airport, then turn right for Dinas Dinlle to a quiet stretch of beach. Go to the far end of the car park, mainly on Friday and Saturday nights.
Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberis
A short walk from the car park to the castle, mostly younger couples who tend to tolerate being watched, and a few gay men early in the evening.
Dinorwig quarry viewpoint
The viewpoint above the old slate quarry, quiet at night, with Snowdon across the valley.
Llyn Celyn lay-by, A4212
The lay-by at the northern end of the lake, about eight miles north of Bala, with couples and single men on Friday and Saturday evenings. The action sometimes happens right there in the lay-by, or down by the water.
Tan y Coed forest car park, near Machynlleth
A quiet, secluded forestry car park on the A487, with a toilet block. The couple who posted about it said they have sex there often and invited others to join them.
Plas Heli, Pwllheli
Along the long stretch to the marina, turn towards the sailing club, then right at the roundabout into the quiet car park.
Morfa Dyffryn naturist beach
On the A496 between Barmouth and Harlech, turn towards the beach at Tal-y-bont, park in the National Trust car park and walk north along the beach to the naturist area. Lots going on in the dunes, and you won't need to pack much.
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Penrhos Coastal Park, Holyhead
The car park by the coastal path and the beach, opposite the toilets, busiest from Easter to September, and mainly gay and bi men. Holyhead Breakwater Country Park, along the coast, is on the local lists too.
Amlwch Port, by the old windmill
The car park up by the old windmill above the harbour, day or night.
Rhoscolyn beach car park
A very dark place at night with no lights, and plenty going on.
Llyn Rhos Ddu, Newborough
The car park at the end of a cul-de-sac between Newborough and Dwyran, great after dark, with Newborough forest and beach close by.
Before you go
Walkers, dog walkers and families are about at most of these places by day, so go later. Arrive quietly, be respectful to anyone else about, and take all your litter home.
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